Border Workforce Improvement Act
HR 8794, the Border Workforce Improvement Act, requires the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to assess staffing needs for U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), and U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) at the southern border within 90 days of enactment. The assessment must review current staffing models, identify factors affecting workloads and capability gaps in human resources and technology, and evaluate solutions needing congressional action. DHS must submit a report with findings and implementation recommendations to relevant congressional committees within 180 days. This bill directly affects DHS agencies by mandating a comprehensive review of border workforce challenges, not by changing existing policies.
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Jun 2024
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Introduced Jun 21, 2024
Last action Jun 21, 2024
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Jun 21, 2024
Committee
Referred to the Subcommittee on Border Security and Enforcement.
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Jun 21, 2024
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Referred to the Committee on Homeland Security, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
lower
Jun 21, 2024
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1 primary · 5 co-sponsors
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